From a583f45cc64391fe4c7562047020c8d445010e59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Florian=20M=C3=BCllner?= <fmuellner@gnome.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 12:06:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] viewSelector: Synthesize a new event with correct source for
 search

We currently replay events that should start a search to the search
entry, which is fairly dodgy. Synthesize a new event with the correct
source actor instead, which is a bit less evil.
---
 js/ui/viewSelector.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/ui/viewSelector.js b/js/ui/viewSelector.js
index 918cd873a..b743fa796 100644
--- a/js/ui/viewSelector.js
+++ b/js/ui/viewSelector.js
@@ -508,7 +508,10 @@ const ViewSelector = new Lang.Class({
 
     startSearch: function(event) {
         global.stage.set_key_focus(this._text);
-        this._text.event(event, true);
+
+        let synthEvent = event.copy();
+        synthEvent.set_source(this._text);
+        this._text.event(synthEvent, true);
     },
 
     // the entry does not show the hint